Posted on 06/04/2015 6:47:43 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The story coming to us out of Baltimore in the wake of the death of Freddie Gray just gets stranger and stranger. Once State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby had brought a gaggle of charges against the six police officers involved in the incident, the defense immediately moved to have her removed from the case over possible conflict of interest issues. Since that time, Mosby’s office seems to have gone into a circle the wagons mentality and has been pushing back against both the police and the media. That pattern took an even more curious turn this week when the autopsy of Freddie Gray was concluded and Mosby immediately sought to keep it under wraps.
Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby plans to seek a protective order blocking the release of Freddie Gray’s autopsy and other “sensitive” documents as she prosecutes the six police officers involved in his arrest.
Mosby discussed that intention in a court filing Monday, in which she also asked the court for more time to respond to defense motions that she and her office be removed from the case and that the case be tried outside of Baltimore.
The move is the latest effort by Mosby’s office to restrict information in the high-profile case. Her office has also sought a gag order, which would prevent those involved in the case from discussing it in public, and broken with tradition by not providing the autopsy report to Baltimore Police.
Mosby’s claims that she doesn’t want to be “baited into litigating this case through the media” makes less sense than anything we’ve heard thus far. This is the same State’s Attorney who was calling something in the range of four to five press conferences a day while their investigation was ongoing and giving CNN painstaking graphics and timelines of each and every movement of the van that Gray was in, along with details about each of the officers that barely stopped short of providing hair and urine samples. Now, if the evidence against the officers is as strong as she claims and her case is a bullet proof one, then surely the autopsy report would support everything she’s been saying, no? And if so, such exoneration would surely calm some of the media and police department clamor against her. So why the sudden hush hush treatment and gag orders?
One of the lawyers for the accused cops suspects he knows the answer.
One of the defense attorneys, Ivan Bates, said in an interview that the effort to get a protective order is a sign that “there is something in that autopsy report that they are trying to hide.”
“Mrs. Mosby is the one who did an announcement discussing what she said the evidence was in a nationally televised speech, and now that it is time to turn over the evidence, to ask for a protective order is beyond disingenuous,” said Bates, who represents Sgt. Alicia White. “It’s as if she wants to do everything to make sure our clients do not get a fair trial.”
As I mentioned on Twitter when this story first broke, Mosby is looking more and more like a poker player who’s sitting on a pair of threes and facing an opponent who just went all in on her. Unfortunately, she may be too heavily invested in the pot to fold at this point. Right from the beginning there have been many observers besides me who were getting the impression that Mosby is a very ambitious politician with a desire to move up the ladder fast and who was suddenly handed a career making case before she’d even unpacked her things at her new office. Nothing wrong with that whatsoever. But if you fumble a big case like this it can be a long, hard fall.
From what I can see, there’s no reason to suspect that there’s any sort of conspiracy or malevolence going on at the office of the State’s Attorney. Assuming that Mosby harbors some sort of anti-cop bias without hard proof of it is unfair. But at a minimum we may be seeing a lack of experience leading to some very poor decision making under a great deal of scrutiny and national media pressure.
The guy in Miami is still in prison. He will die there. There was nothing actually proved and most of the charges were impossible. Janet Reno mad keeping him locked proof of her own integrity.
I agree
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
I think you’re Spot on! Without an autopsy, how did the press know what killed that guy? Even an experienced doctor could only speculate. Likely someone heard a doctor mention his neck was broken, but that is not necessaril what killed the thug. Remember, George Patton had a broken neck and lived until whoever offed him in Heidelberg.
Most of the abuses I’ve seen in high profile cases didn’t come from the media reporting them, but from the media trying them. The Sam Sheppard case is the classic example.
He didn’t fall into a coma until the last couple of days.
Thanks.
Wasn’t me found unconscious upon being taken out of the van ?
He was reported as a non-breather at the moment the first paramedic evaluated him at 9:37. They worked on him for 17 minutes before he was transported. I don’t know the exact point at which respiration was reestablished.
Let me correct my comment regarding the coma, though, because it’s not correct. The consensus appears to be that he remained in a coma throughout his stay in the hospital. My error, there.
My post 47 is incorrect. UCANSEE2 is right, the consensus seems to be that Gray was unconscious during the entire hospital stay.
.... the effort to get a protective order is a sign that “there is something in that autopsy report that they are trying to hide....
That could be said with certainty.
...” She’s following the “Obama Model”...
Indeed...and so is the Mayor...with direct lines to the New Attorney General.
That TELLS you everything you need to know.
this poor mosby women puts a box of rocks to SHAME in the lack of functional intelligence department.
if there’s nothing to HIDE...why SEEK to have it HIDDEN??
considering the possibilities of LAWSUITS for false arrest...of the cops...I suspect that she MIGHT BE covering her massive beehind..with this proclamation
Mosby is a mouth breather-imbecile. You tell this at a glance. The only IQ she has is in political cunning to get to the top of the fetid heap in Baltimore. Which is a booby prize.
After hearing Mosby’s first speech which included the ‘we heard you no justice no peace’ it was clear she had overweaning ambitions. But this current action is gob smackingly stupid.
The Baltimore State’s Attorneys have to hand over the autopsy report to defense attys before the trial in timely fashion to allow for a proper defense. In addition, any exculpatory evidence must be presented as well. All of the documents must be dated and certainly in the case of the autopsy report signed by the coroner or medical examiner. It’s just not possible for Mosby to hide this much longer. I can now understand better the departure of the four or so asst MSA lawyers. Bet they advised her on proper procedures and she blew them off, most likely citing her support by DOJ, Jarrett and rev-runt Al.
The stupid woman is building her own gallows and noose. Simply amazifying!
Thank you.
He was reported as a non-breather at the moment the first paramedic evaluated him at 9:37. They worked on him for 17 minutes before he was transported. I don’t know the exact point at which respiration was reestablished.
Since the symptoms of a broken neck and heroin overdose are similar, then the only thing that might resolve this would be the results of the autopsy.
I believe THAT is the reason why the autopsy report has not been released. Whether that is due to Mosby or someone else is another question. I don't trust the media on the reporting about this case.
I'll take the opposite stance.
I think that Freddie didn't do heroin. I think he was selling it because it's popular right now, and his mom is a heroin addict. That way he could keep her supplied at little to no cost.
Freddie was a dope smoker, not a horse freak.
If we assume that he swallowed the drugs (when he ducked into a building temporarily and just prior to being caught) then the effects of an OD might help explain his reaction while in the police van.
I watched the video of his 'arrest'.
He is being dragged by the cops, his feet flailing along behind.
BUT, when they push him up on the entry step of the van, he stands up completely erect. Based on what I have read on this case, the police say he did this (acting like he can't walk/is injured) during previous arrests (of which there were many).
Yeah... an autopsy report.
(I couldn't resist)
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